In Madhya Pradesh, the state government has announced national awards instituted in different disciplines for the years 2008-09 and 2009-10. Well-known painter Jairam Patel of Gujarat will be conferred national Kalidas award for the year 2008-09 in plastic arts while Guru Kalamandalam Gopi will be given national Kalidas award in classical dance. Well-known vocalist Pt. Chhanulal Mishra will be given national Kalidas award in classical music.National Maithili Sharan Gupta award instituted in the field of literature will be given to well-known writer of Bhopal Ramesh Chandra Shah. Besides, national Tulsi award for male artists in the field of folk-arts will be given to Rangaswami Vedar of Chennai. National Iqbal award constituted for Urdu literature will be given to Gopichand Narang of New Delhi.National Devi Ahilya award for folk-arts will be conferred to Kalbelia dancer Suhri Gulabo of Rajasthan. Well-known satirist K.P. Saxena of Lucknow has been selected for national Sharad Joshi award. National Kumar Gandharva award in classical music for youth artists will be given to Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar of Pune.A sum of one lakh 25 thousand rupees is given under national Kumar Gandharv award while an amount of two lakh rupees each is given under other remaining awards.